Fire in North American Wetland Ecosystems and Fire-Wildlife Relations: An Annotated Bibliography

66. Egler, F. E. 1952. Southeast saline Everglades vegetation, Florida, and its 
         management. Vegetatio 3:213-265.

The southeast saline Everglades is a distinct geographical area, wholly within Dade County, Florida. The present vegetation complex appears to be a "fossil" phenomenon developed under past conditions of higher water tables and Indian fires. Surface drainage has now been interfered with, subsoil salinity has increased, and fires are frequent and catastrophic. Maintenance of the seven vegetation belts of this area will require unprecendented manipulation of water, fire, and other factors. Differences between "Indian" and "whiteman" fires are discussed. Vegetation originally dependent upon fire for origination and maintenance is now being destroyed by fires in the wrong season and with too great intensity. [K-L-S]

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